Georgia native Kate Webb began her aviation career with Chattanooga Airport before moving northward to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. In no time, she made her way back south to Tampa International Airport as the director of concessions. In this episode of Ones To Watch, you don't just learn about what brought Kate to the industry and how she's developed her passion for the airport industry. You'll learn about how she's really embraced her new state. Also not to be missed is a little known fact about what prompted her to go on a very unique journey across the country.

In this episode, Candace McGraw talks about her beginnings as a lawyer and her eventual journey to airports. Candace shares her many loves for the industry as well as a few hidden gems that reveal much more about her as a leader and as a person.

This episode is sponsored by Airport Dimensions. For details on how they can bring their solutions to your airport to increase your lounge revenue, enhance passenger services and more, visit airport dimensions.com for more information.

...and the improvements to Orlando International Airport that have elevated the traveler experience.

...and the multiple shifts of a brand in an ever evolving industry.

Villa Restaurant Group has grown in its more than five decades of existence, beginning with Villa Pizza to Villa Italian Kitchen and then to a portfolio of quick and full service brands operated in a variety of environments. After years of seeing its brands expand into airports, VRG has now taken the next step and become a restaurant operator in airports.

Deven Judd's career has steadily risen, beginning in Jacksonville International Airport before heading to aviation consulting firm Jacobsen|Daniels. Several years later he joined Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, which began nearly five years of learning under the tutelage of the world's busiest airport. He is currently the director of concessions development for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, overseeing both Ronald Reagan Washington National and Washington Dulles. Although he considered a couple careers in his early years, it wasn't long before he settled on what has been his true calling.

This episode is sponsored by Crews. Innovative. Strategic. Entrepreneurial. Hospitality-focused. Learn more at crews1972.com.

In this episode, Lew Bleiweis discusses the many points of his journey that would ultimately lead him to his position as executive director of the Greater Asheville Regional Airport Authority. Lew shares the many moments and people who impacted him as a person, his love for the industry, several of his favorite pastimes, and more.

This episode is sponsored by Airport Dimensions. For details on how they can bring their solutions to your airport to increase your lounge revenue, enhance passenger services and more. Visit airportdimensions.com for more information.

...and the many rapidly evolving and expanding responsibilities that Human Resources undertakes in a company and in an industry that is also rapidly evolving and expanding.

...and the psychological and sociological impact that technology is having or could have on us.

Kylies Fung has been with McCarran International Airport for four years, one of which was as an intern as she attended school at UNLV. Like many, she never thought about a career in airports nor did she ever think that her schooling in Hospitality Management would be applicable to this environment. But years later, she sees the connection between her learnings and the evolution of the industry. Airport hospitality is a common refrain that you will hear throughout this episode because it is the mindset that is prevalent amongst the team at McCarran International Airport.

Ones To Watch is a new, recurring series produced by Airport Experience News. Here we will feature emerging, up-and-coming members of commercial management teams from across North America. 

This episode is sponsored by Crews. Innovating the traveler experience since 1972.

...and how the years of experience are so vital to personally evolving and staying relevant while also enabling one to give back and mentor.